Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jonathan Rosenbaum is the main film critic for the Chicago Reader.

Related Topics:
Film critic - Chicago Reader

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Rosenbaum grew up in the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama, in which state his grandfather owned a small chain of movie theaters. He later lived in Paris, working briefly as an assistant to director Jaques Tati. Rosenbaum is the author of many books on film, including "Film: The Front Line 1983" (1983), "Placing Movies: The Practice of Film Criticism" (1995), "Moving Places: A Life at the Movies" (reprint 1995), "Movies as Politics" (1997) and "Essential Cinema" (2004). His most popular book is "Movie Wars: How Hollywood and the Media Limit What Movies We Can See" (2002). He is an important figure in American film journalism because he openly promotes the dissemination and discussion of foreign film. Indeed, his strong views on American cinema hold that Hollywood limits and prohibits the full, aesthetic range of what Americans routinely see at the Cineplex.

Related Topics:
Frank Lloyd Wright - Alabama - Jaques Tati

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He has also written the best-known analysis of Jim Jarmusch's film Dead Man; the volume includes recorded interviews with Jarmusch.

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Rosenbaum's criticism is available at the Chicago Reader website. http://www.chireader.com/movies/.

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